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>OPEN</H1
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>Name</H2
>OPEN&nbsp;--&nbsp;open a dynamic cursor</DIV
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>OPEN <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>cursor_name</I
></TT
>
OPEN <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>cursor_name</I
></TT
> USING <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>value</I
></TT
> [, ... ]
OPEN <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>cursor_name</I
></TT
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><I
>descriptor_name</I
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>     <TT
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>OPEN</TT
> opens a cursor and optionally binds
     actual values to the placeholders in the cursor's declaration.
     The cursor must previously have been declared with
     the <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>DECLARE</TT
> command.  The execution
     of <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>OPEN</TT
> causes the query to start executing on
     the server.
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><TT
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><I
>cursor_name</I
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>        The name of the cursor to be opened.  This can be an SQL
        identifier or a host variable.
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><TT
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><I
>value</I
></TT
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>        A value to be bound to a placeholder in the cursor.  This can
        be an SQL constant, a host variable, or a host variable with
        indicator.
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><TT
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><I
>descriptor_name</I
></TT
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><P
>        The name of a descriptor containing values to be bound to the
        placeholders in the cursor.  This can be an SQL identifier or
        a host variable.
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>EXEC SQL OPEN a;
EXEC SQL OPEN d USING 1, 'test';
EXEC SQL OPEN c1 USING SQL DESCRIPTOR mydesc;
EXEC SQL OPEN :curname1;</PRE
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>     <TT
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>OPEN</TT
> is specified in the SQL standard.
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>DECLARE</A
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>CLOSE</A
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